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I feel as if I should be angry with that child,

that naive young girl. Or that I must not forgive her

for not recognizing the nature of that monster.

For not being aware of what she was getting into.

And especially that I went along without thinking.

Because I wasn't a fanatical Nazi.

In Berlin, I could have said,

"no, I'm not doing it. I don't want to go to the fiihrer's headquarters."

But I didn't do that. I was too curious.

I also didn't realize

that destiny would take me somewhere I didn't want to be.

But, nevertheless, I find it hard to forgive myself.

The ladies are here.

- It's confirmed. - They can pass.

Sit down, ladies.

One moment.

The fiihrer is feeding his dog. He'll see you in a short while.

Can you tell us... how are we supposed to address the fiihrer?

The f'lihrer first speaks to you and then you reply, "heil, my fiihrer."

And the Nazi salute?

That won't be necessary.

The fiihrer isn't looking for a soldier, but for a secretary.

Act as normal and calm as you can.

I'll see if he has time for you.

My f'lihrer, the ladies from Berlin are here.

Thank you for coming in the middle of the night.

Sometimes, during a war, one is not in control of time.

- Can I ask your name? - Margarethe lorenz. Heil, my fiihrer.

- Where are you from? - From fulda. Heil, my f'lihrer.

- And what is your name? - Ursula puttkammer. Heil, my fiihrer.

No need for that. Where are you from?

Frankfurt on the main, my fi.Ihr...

I'm Hannah potrovsky, born and raised in Berlin.

In pankow, to be precise.

Hedwig Brandt from crailsheim, schwaben.

- And you are? - Traudl humps. I'm from Munich.

A Munich girl.

Shall we start then, fraulein humps?

My blondi won't hurt you. She's very intelligent.

She's much smarter than most people.

Just make yourself comfortable.

Don't be nervous. I make many mistakes during dictation.

You won't make nearly as many.

You're very young.

- How old are you? - 22, my fiihrer.

My German fellow-countrymen and women,

fellow party members...

It is, I think, rather special...

That a man can stand before his old supporters after 20 years in office,

and that in all those 20 years,

his policies never needed to be modified.

I suggest we try it again.

I did it. He hired me.

Get down!

Get down! Keep moving! Get off the street!

Han dle with care fragile

get down!

That's artillery fire.

Are you crazy? How could they be firing artillery?

Frau junge, you're right! Those aren't bombs, it's artillery!

It's the Russians. What a birthday present.

What's going on, burgdorf? Where's that gunfire coming from?

Happy birthday, my fiihrer.

The city center of Berlin is under fire.

Grenades have hit near the brandenburg gate

and the reichstag, up to friedrichstrasse station.

- Where did they come from? - We don't know yet.

- I have koller on the line. - Give me koller.

Koller, do you know Berlin is under artillery fire?

- No. - Can't you hear the gunfire?

- No, I'm at werder game park. - Berlin's in uproar!

Apparently, the Russians captured a railway bridge over the oder.

They've got no railway batteries near the oder.

Secret

it's not long-range artillery.

The flak command post in the zoo-bunker claims the guns have a caliber

of just 10 to 12 cm.

The Russian battery is now in marzahn.

That's only 12 kilometers from the center. Are the Russians that close?

They should hang the entire luftwaffe leadership.

Outrageous! Outrageous!

The Russians are at 12 kilometers from the city center.

Nobody told me anything. I had to ask.

Maybe it's long-range artillery, after all.

- That railway bridge over the oder... - Nonsense.

That himmler, such a pompous buffoon.

Party bosses, everywhere. They make me so sick.

The fiihrer starts 'clausewitz' today.

Berlin as a front city. He won't be able to keep the city.

If the fiihrer stays here, the reich will go down with him.

We have to talk him out of it. Talk to hewel.

He's the only diplomat with any influence on him.

Hewel tried everything. It's useless.

Then talk to your sister-in-law.

Why not? You're married to Eva braun's sister,

so you're "related" to the fiihrer.

We must try everything. Berlin is almost surrounded.

You're still young. You'll be a father soon.

- Do you want to die here? - Absolutely not.

Gentlemen, the fiihrer.

Heil!

Everything out. Quickly. We're leaving in two hours.

- What's going on? - We're leaving.

'Clausewitz' has started.

All the ministries and departments are leaving Berlin.

And who's going to look after the people and the soldiers?

- Don't ask me, professor. - This is insane.

Professor.

I won't allow the evacuation of my office.

- Is that so? - Food supply would collapse.

A good soldier can always find food.

Sure! And when there's fighting all over the city,

who will he take food from? The civilians.

- I cannot permit it. - It's an order from the fiihrer.

As department head, I report to the ss and to himmler.

But as a doctor, I'm part of the wehrmacht and they're not leaving yet.

Keep that in mind.

The professor stays in Berlin. Get him the proper papers.

We're leaving.

Everything for Germany. Heil, my fiihrer.

My fiihrer, I... heil, my fiihrer.

They're in such a hurry to get away from here.

The brown nosing is the worst.

They say "sieg heil". But they think, "lick my... you know what."

My fiihrer, I beg you to leave Berlin. It is not too late yet.

Too late?

Hewel, come here for a moment.

I'm sure you agree that we should contact the allies...

- And start conducting politics. - Certainly. We need politics.

Politics? I don't do politics anymore.

I'm fed up with it.

When I'm dead, you'll have plenty of time for politics.

My fiihrer...

It's good, dear himmler. My loyal Heinrich.

It's good. Just go.

He has no strength left.

What did you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?

Be serious, fegelein. I'm taking control now.

Berlin will fall in a couple of days.

When the fiihrer's dead, who will the allies negotiate with?

Why do you think they'll negotiate with you?

The Nazi state and my ss are needed to maintain order.

One hour with eisenhower and he'll feel the same way.

- The first contact has been made. - Careful, that's high treason.

Fegelein, I have other concerns.

Should I give eisenhower the Nazi salute or shake his hand?

Look at that.

The best guests always arrive late.

Leaving already, gentlemen? I wanted to talk to you.

The f'lihrer's orders to destroy all public...

I really have to go now.

Come and see me one day in hohenlychen.

I'm going north to help with the battle of Berlin there.

You know, speer... There's an advantage to those bombings.

It's easier to clean up debris than to demolish everything ourselves.

When the war will be over, reconstruction will be quick.

We spent thousands of hours together with these replicas.

You're a true genius, speer.

Yes, absolutely. Only you and I know that the third reich would be inconceivable...

With only warehouses and factories. Skyscrapers and hotels.

This third reich will be a treasury full of art and culture...

That will survive thousands of years.

We see before us, the ancient cities, the acropolis...

We see the medieval cities with their cathedrals,

and we know that the people need that.

Indeed, speer.

That was my vision...

And it still is.

My fiihrer, if you want to realize these plans, you must leave Berlin.

Eva, you say something.

He's the fiihrer. He knows what's best.

You must leave Berlin. The Russians almost have us isolated.

I can't do that, my child.

I would be like a lama priest with an empty prayer wheel.

I have to solve the problem here in Berlin, or perish.

Speer...

What do you think?

You have to be on the stage when the curtain falls.

Reload.

Go away. Leave me alone.

How old are you? 12? And you? 14?

Why are you here? To play war? Go home.

- Who are you? What do you want? - I want my son. Alive.

You should be proud. He destroyed two tanks.

The fiihrer is giving him a medal today.

You're still young. At which front did you fight?

I haven't had the honor yet.

Count yourself lucky. Send the children home.

We will fight to the very last man.

What are you defending? This is nothing but a trap.

The Russians will come from two sides and you won't be able to get out.

- We'll shoot back. - With what?

With the anti-aircraft guns.

The Russians will arrive with several armies, tanks and heavy artillery.

Do you really think you'll last even five minutes?

We made a pledge to the fiihrer.

Don't you understand? The war is lost.

Coward.

Go away. Right now.

If you're still here when the Russians arrive, you'll all be dead.

The ninth army had to retreat or they would have been decimated...

We won't retreat the ninth army. Busse must fight where he stands.

My fiihrer, then the ninth army is lost.

We'll push back the Soviet armies in the north and east...

With a ruthless, mighty attack.

Using which units?

Steiner will attack from the north and join the ninth army.

The ninth army is unable to move.

The enemy outnumbers us ten times.

Wenck's 12th army must support them.

- The 12th army is approaching the elbe. - Then it must turn around.

- Then the western front would be open. - Do you doubt my orders?

I think I've been clear enough.

The allies will see that only we can stop the bolsheviks.

We're the last bulwark against the Asian hordes.

We have to keep Berlin and make a deal with the Americans.

- Mohnke, you're here. - My fi.Ihrer.

Today, 'clausewitz' started. Berlin will be a front city.

You will be the commander of the defensive circle around the citadel.

We'll fight until the last man in Berlin.

There are still three million civilians here.

They have to be evacuated.

I understand your concern, mohnke.

But we have to be cold as ice.

We can't spend any energy on so-called civilians.

With all due respect, what will happen to the women and children,

and the thousands of wounded and elderly?

In a war such as this one, there are no civilians.

The fiihrer has lost all sense of reality.

He's moving divisions around that no longer exist.

Gruppe steiner has been scattered, yet steiner must attack. Madness.

- But why don't you tell him that? - He doesn't listen to reason.

- Something has to happen. - Are you crazy?

He'll throw us out like rundstedt and guderian.

So what?

We're soldiers. We took an oath.

Does that mean we can't use our own brains anymore?

And that's coming from you? An opportunist! A ruthless careerist!

I beg your pardon?

- Where were you? - None of your business.

My fiihrer, Berlin Hitler youth's most successful tank hunters.

I'm proud of you.

This boy took out two tanks using anti-tank shells.

- His name is Peter kranz. - So you're Peter.

I wish my generals were as brave as you.

Very good.

You've made history.

And when germania rises from these ruins...

You will be the heroes.

Heil to you.

I don't know about you, but I prefer air raids.

- What will happen to us? - I could go if I wanted to.

But everybody is deserting him. We can't all go, can we?

I can't go either.

I wouldn't know where to go.

My parents and all my friends warned me.

Don't get involved with the Nazis.

Should I go back and say, "I'm home. I made a mistake.

When things went wrong, I realized my mistake."

Life will go on.

- What do you think, colonel? - We have to go.

- Go where? - I don't know.

Wherever they need us.

Come upstairs, everyone! We're going to have a party!

Come on.

Come, children.

We should have fun today.

Wherever the enemy goes, all they find is destruction.

That's the death sentence for the German people.

No power, no gas, no drinking water, no coal, no transportation.

By destroying all our railways, canals, docks, ships and locomotives,

we would hurl Germany back to the middle ages.

This order denies the people any chance of survival.

If the war is lost, it's immaterial if the people perish too.

It is not necessary to consider the German people's primitive survival needs.

On the contrary, we'd best destroy them ourselves.

Our people turned out weak,

and according to the laws of nature, they should die out.

They're your people. You're their fiihrer.

The only ones who will survive the battle are the inferior ones.

Our best people have fallen already.

Here you go.

Come along. You have to dance.

- Care to dance, fraulein braun? - I'd love to.

- May I? - Go ahead.

What's wrong?

We have to leave Berlin, Eva. You must convince him.

Or else, come with me.

You're going to die.

Can somebody play some music? I want to dance.

Dance.

- Do you have a request? - Swing.

Traudl.

It's all so unreal.

It's like a dream you can't get out of.

It keeps on going.

Gerda, I don't feel well.

Traudl, come.

I did not move...

I did not move my command post.

To the west? How so?

- I'm at 1000 meters from the enemy. - General!

Hello? Hello!

The report, general?

- I'll be executed. - What? Why?

They think I moved my command post to the west.

- Be sensible, general. - Come along.

- Schenck. - Mohnke.

I'm under the chancellery. I'm commander of the citadel now.

- I need help. - That will be difficult.

Everything's gone. My assistant and I are the only ones here.

- You're a doctor, aren't you? - Yes, an internist.

Find a vehicle and bring us all the morphine, penicillin

and first-aid supplies you can find!

- I'll do my best. - Thanks. Hurry.

Service building staircase reich chancellery staff only

I need to talk to the fiihrer.

- What about? - I'm going to be executed.

Your weapon, please.

Not here.

Guard post 2. Understood.

General...

Not you.

- Heil Hitler. - Heil Hitler.

What's going on here? Why am I going to be executed?

You know that any evasive maneuver towards the west is forbidden.

Officers who don't obey, must be executed.

What do you mean? My troops have been fighting for days.

My command post is a kilometer away from the front line.

Continue.

Do you see this? I don't want you to use that tone with me.

And now, do whatever you feel you must.

It's best if you tell the fiihrer yourself. Come along.

- You can't pass, oberst. - Orders from commander mohnke.

I have to get into the hospital. We need medication.

There's nobody left. They all took off.

- And the wounded? - How would I know?

I'm going to have a look. You stay here.

Be very careful. There are lots of Russians here.

See that? That's where the reich ends. Behind it, is russki land.

May I?

He's damned stubborn. Why doesn't he let me do that?

I should have been back by now. Are you sure the fi. Ihrer still needs me?

- Drink. - Fiihrer's orders.

You made a big impression on the fiihrer.

But you don't think steiner will attack, do you?

I doubt whether steiner is able to do anything,

but you probably know that better than I do.

If steiner doesn't attack, Berlin is lost.

The fiihrer was impressed with your report.

He has appointed you commander of Berlin's defense.

I'd have preferred it if he executed me.

Let them get closer.

Tank alert.

Take it easy. Wait, kid. They're still too far.

Out of the way please, ladies.

- Is it German artillery that I hear? - I'm afraid not.

But hasn't steiner's attack started?

You have to go as fast as you can. Time is running out.

But the fiihrer has the situation under control.

Steiner will make all the difference.

I heard him say that steiner's assault will turn things around.

Everybody but the fiihrer knows that's a fantasy.

- I even wonder if he believes it himself. - Why would he be playing games?

What does he have to lose?

I don't believe a word of it.

The enemy made a breakthrough.

They took zossen and are advancing towards stahnsdorf.

They're at the northern city border, between frohnau and pankow.

In the east, they reached lichtenberg, mahlsdorf and karlshorst.

If steiner attacks, everything will be all right.

My fiihrer...

Steiner...

Steiner didn't have enough force.

The attack didn't take place.

The following stay here: Keitel, jodl, krebs and burgdorf.

That was an order. Steiner's attack was an order.

How dare you ignore my orders?

Is this what it has come to?

The military has been lying to me. Even the ss.

The generals are no more than a bunch of disloyal cowards.

I can't permit you to insult the soldiers...

- Cowards, traitors and incompetents. - F'lihrer, this is outrageous.

The generals are the scum of the German people.

No sense of honor.

You call yourself general because you spent years at the academy...

Where you only learnt to use knife and fork.

For years, the military obstructed me.

All you ever did is thwart me.

I should have had...

All the high-ranking officers executed, as Stalin did.

I never went to any academy.

But I conquered all of Europe on my own.

Traitors.

I've been betrayed and deceived from the start.

Such enormous betrayal of the German people.

But all these traitors will pay. With their own blood.

They will drown in their own blood.

Calm down, gerda.

All my orders have been ignored.

How can I be a leader under these circumstances?

It's over.

The war is lost.

But if you think this means that I'll leave Berlin,

you're wrong. I'd rather shoot a bullet through my head.

Do what you want.

The fiihrer wasn't serious about killing himself, was he?

Frau junge, frau Christian.

Get changed. In one hour, a plane will take you south.

Everything is lost.

Completely lost.

You know I'll stay with you. You can't send me away.

I'm staying too, my fiihrer.

Now what?

Time to end this charade.

Do you want us to stop fighting? That's inconceivable.

The fiihrer doesn't want us to capitulate. No more November 1918. Ever.

But he doesn't want to be in charge anymore.

He said, "do what you want."

Nobody can replace him. He's the fiihrer.

The fiihrer's confused. He'll recover.

Great. And then what?

No capitulation. That was never his intention.

- We swore to obey his will. - Nothing but empty phrases!

We have to act now. Or it will be too late.

- You're only looking after yourself. - Mind your words.

Damn.

We'll never get out of here alive. It's all over.

We've got to wait.

Even the fiihrer doesn't believe in it anymore. What will happen to us?

Giinsche says there's a tunnel that goes under the Russian lines.

Why did you say you wanted to stay with him?

I don't know. Honestly.

It stopped. Let's go for a walk.

Traudl.

Look here.

I'm going to have a cigarette, too.

Let's go down again.

- Where do they come from? - Volkssturm. Drafted this afternoon.

They have to get out of the field of fire.

The volkssturm is under the direct command of Dr. Goebbels.

I want them to go away from there. This is insane.

I'll take the responsibility.

- I think this is wrong. - Great.

Stop. Lights out.

Stop. Stay where you are.

- Stay where you are. - Lucky! Germans.

- Help. They want to kill us. - What is all this?

- They're mps. - You're kidding.

Stop it. Let those men go.

- What's this? - You have no authority here.

These men are on the run. Traitors will be killed.

They're old men. Civilians. You can't do this.

Who's going to stop me? You?

Stop it. That's enough.

Dismissed.

This man's a doctor.

- Can you operate? - Not really.

Attention!

Don't let the children take too many toys. One toy per child.

And not too much nightwear. That's no longer needed.

- Minister goebbels... - Frau junge, my family will arrive soon.

Can you look after them for a moment? Thank you.

Brigadefiihrer, what can I do for you?

Your volkssturm is an easy prey for the Russians.

They have neither combat experience nor good weapons.

Their unconditional belief in the final victory makes up for that.

Minister, without weapons these men can't fight.

Their deaths will be pointless.

I don't pity them.

I repeat, I don't pity them.

The people called this upon themselves.

This may come as a surprise to you. Don't fool yourself.

We didn't force the people. They gave us a mandate.

And now they're paying for it.

Eva, you have to leave the fiihrer.

- Hermann! - Don't be stupid.

It's a matter of life and death.

How can you say that? Where are you?

I decided not to die in Berlin.

- Does my sister know where you are? - Think about it. I'll call you back.

Children, your room is to the right.

Wait for me.

- Hello, frau goebbels. - Good to see you, frau junge.

Line up, children.

Helga, come. Line up.

Let's make ourselves look good and then we go say hello to uncle Hitler.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Do you remember the song?

No land is more beautiful around this time

than ours far and wide

where we meet under lime trees

at the evening time

where we meet under lime trees

at the evening time

The best thing to do is to shoot yourself in the mouth.

Your skull will explode.

You won't feel a thing. You'll be dead right away.

I want to be a beautiful corpse. I'll take poison.

If I'm going to die heroically I don't want to feel any pain.

That's definitely painless.

It paralyzes the nervous system and the respiratory system.

A matter of seconds.

- Can I have one too? - Me too.

Himmler provided me well.

Thank you.

I would have liked to give you a nicer present.

Berlin, 23 April 1945.

My dearest sister, I'm so sorry I have to write you this.

But this is how it is. It could be over any moment.

First of all, hermann isn't with us.

But I'm sure you'll see him again.

He 'ii get through this and he'll fight from Bavaria.

The fiihrer lost all hope of a good outcome.

Dear son, I don't know if you'll receive this letter.

Maybe someone will allow me to send you a last greeting.

I stayed with daddy against his will.

Last Sunday, the fiihrer wanted to help me escape.

But you know your mother. We have the same blood.

I won't even think about it. Our ideology's going down the drain...

And with it, everything that made life beautiful and worthwhile.

After the fiihrer and national socialism, there's nothing left to live for.

T hat's why I brought the children too.

T hey're too good for the life that awaits them.

God will have mercy on me if I bring them redemption myself.

I 'ii wear my bracelet with the green stone until the very end.

After that, I want you to always wear it.

Unfortunately, my diamond watch is with the watchmaker.

I include the address below. I hope you're lucky enough to get it.

I want you to have it.

You'll also get the bracelet with the topaz pendant.

A birthday present from the fiihrer.

I owe some money to the heise company.

There may be more debts, but no more than 1500 reichsmarks.

All correspondence with the fiihrer must be burnt.

I'm sending you some food and tobacco. The coffee is also for lindner and kathl.

The cigarettes are for Mandi, the tobacco for daddy, the chocolate for mummy.

I can't think of anything else. That's it for today.

Dear sister, I wish you lots of happiness.

And remember, you will see hermann again.

The warmest regards and a kiss from...

Your sister.

Inge.

Bucharest

Listen, keitel. I want you to leave this evening.

Go to donitz and help him with the organization.

Things have to be started up again.

I don't understand you.

We have no more oil fields. That's catastrophic.

It makes any serious operation impossible.

When everything has been solved here, we must get the oil fields back.

- Any questions? - No, my fiihrer.

Good. Have a good trip.

"My fiihrer, following your decision to stay in Berlin,

do I have your approval as vice chancellor

to immediately take charge of the entire reich

with the necessary power and authority?

If I receive no answer by 10 P.M.,

I'll assume you have been incapacitated.

I will then act on behalf of the country and the fatherland."

That's high treason. And betrayal of you.

Goring's concerns are not entirely unjustified.

If our communication system fails,

we'll be cut off from the outside world.

We won't be able to issue orders anymore.

I think goring wants to seize the power.

I never trusted his clique on the obersalzberg.

This looks like a coup.

That loser! That bloodsucker!

A parvenu! A lazy bastard!

How dare he say I'm incapacitated?

Tomorrow he might declare me dead!

- Hello. - How did you get into Berlin?

It wasn't easy, but I must speak to the fiihrer.

If I were you, I'd wait a bit.

The air force... What did he turn that into?

For that alone, he should be executed.

This morphine addict corrupted the country.

And now this.

He's betraying me.

Me of all people.

I want goring stripped of his power right away and removed from office.

And in case I don't survive the war...

He must be executed immediately.

What's going to happen to us? Is there any hope left?

Frau junge, leave from here before it's too late.

The fiihrer wants to stay. We can't leave him behind, can we?

He doesn't need anybody for what awaits him. And least of all you.

But herr goebbels and his wife are staying. And the children too.

But the children...

I have always believed...

That there was a way out.

Come in.

Albert. Hello.

You have a fever.

Albert, I can't stand it anymore.

Why don't you leave with the children?

Leave? And go where?

I can arrange for you to be taken to schwanenwerder by barge.

You can hide until everything's over.

It won't be long now anyway.

I thought about it.

My children cannot grow up in a world without national socialism.

Think it over again, magda. The children deserve a future.

If national socialism dies, there will be no future.

I can't believe you really want that.

Come in.

I knew you'd come.

You wouldn't desert the fiihrer.

I've come to say goodbye to the fi.Ihrer. I'm going back to Hamburg tonight.

Of course, you must go. Sit down.

Look, I brought some of the furniture you designed for me.

I couldn't leave it behind.

Come on, help yourself. I bet you haven't eaten all day.

That's true.

Thanks.

It's very important that you came. It shows him you're on his side.

Did he ever doubt that?

Lately, he often thought you were against him too.

I always said you'd come and here you are.

I think he liked it that you advised him to stay in Berlin.

I also think it's best.

And you know...

It may sound strange, but...

I'm really happy to be able to stay. And I'm not afraid.

- You came. - My fiihrer...

It's ok.

Let's sit down.

I had great plans for the Germans and the world.

Nobody understood me. Not even my old brothers in arms.

The opportunities we had. The whole world was ours to grab.

Too late.

I can only be proud for openly fighting the Jews...

And I cleansed the German lands of Jewish poison.

I don't find it hard to go. One brief moment...

And then eternal peace.

But please spare the people, my fiihrer.

If my people cannot endure this ordeal,

I won't shed a tear.

They get what they deserve.

They called this fate upon themselves.

For months...

I must tell you this, my fiihrer.

For months I have sabotaged your orders for destruction.

I not only ignored your orders, but even acted against them.

I had to tell you.

My personal loyalty to you never wavered throughout.

So you're leaving.

Goodbye.

I wish you all the best.

Eat well, gentlemen.

Peter.

It's all right, son.

He has a fever.

Yes, but he's alive.

Loyalty and courage still exist in this world.

Lord Von greim and frau reitsch, I am pleased...

That the both of you arrived more or less unharmed.

Be seated.

We came under heavy fire, but still arrived in gatow.

From there, we couldn't continue.

We got a plane, a fieseler storch, and flew over the Russian lines,

and landed on the east-west axis, close to here.

Before landing, the Soviets had a go at us.

General Von greim, I appoint you commander in chief of the air force.

I hereby promote you to general field marshal.

A big responsibility rests on your shoulders.

You must shake up the entire air force.

Many mistakes have been made. Be ruthless.

Life doesn't forgive weakness.

This so-called humanity is religious drivel.

Compassion is an eternal sin. To feel compassion for the weak...

Is a betrayal of nature.

The strong can only triumph if the weak are exterminated.

I have always obeyed this law of nature

by never permitting myself to feel compassion.

I have ruthlessly suppressed domestic opposition

and brutally crushed the resistance of alien races.

And that's the only way.

Apes, for instance...

Kill all the odd ones.

And what applies to apes, must definitely apply to humans.

In liibeck, himmler has made an offer

to surrender to the western powers.

Via count bernadotte.

A message from the English radio.

Himmler. Of all people, himmler!

The most loyal of them all.

That's the worst betrayal.

Goring, of course... He was always corrupt.

Speer, an idealistic, unpredictable artist!

All the others! Yes! Yes! Yes!

But himmler? Has he gone insane?

He must have told them I'm sick.

Maybe even dead.

Please leave me alone with lord Von greim and frau reitsch.

- And bring me fegelein. - We don't know where he is.

What? He's himmler's assistant. He must be available.

- We haven't seen him for days. - I want a report immediately.

Please stay here, doctor.

You and greim must go as quickly as possible. Fly to d6nitz.

Tell him to do anything it takes to punish himmler.

We've decided to die with you.

Thank you for this proof of loyalty.

But himmler must die. He committed treason.

He's no longer privy to my plans.

My fiihrer?

Do you think I'll sit and wait until those Jewish swine slaughter me?

This is part of a huge decoy operation. I've allowed the enemy...

To invade the reich and they think they've won.

But Mark my words. There'll be a rude awakening.

Donitz is mobilizing in the north. Kesselring in the south.

We'll surround the enemy and crush them.

From Prague, three armies will attack the Russians

simultaneously from the back.

I didn't know we still had so many reserve troops.

I made sure you'll soon have a thousand of the most modern...

Jets at your disposal.

So you can make the air force as powerful as it once was!

I kneel to your genius and at the altar of the fatherland.

Heil, my fiihrer.

So you request to leave Berlin?

My f'lihrer, as you know, all medical departments...

That fall under the ss and himmler, have left Berlin.

Himmler is a traitor. He won't escape punishment.

My fiihrer, as an ss physician, I have no more work here.

Your request to leave Berlin is unacceptable.

My family...

If the Russians find me here... I must leave.

You did nothing wrong.

Future generations will thank you for your medical research.

I take all the responsibility.

We'll talk about it later.

Gruppenfiihrer fegelein cannot be found. He's not in the bunker.

What do you mean, "can't find him"?

Keep searching. I need to talk to him. Immediately.

If he left just like that, that's desertion. Treason.

Bring me fegelein.

Fegelein. Fegelein.

Daddy, why are you wearing your Sunday uniform?

- Ernst, is something wrong? - No.

Thank you.

Brigitte is hungry too.

Ilse, you should eat something as well.

- Thank you. - There you go.

Thank you.

- What is it? - Gruppenfiihrer, you're under arrest.

- What? - You're suspected of desertion.

Get dressed. You'll come with us.

Search the room.

Let go of me. You can't give me orders.

Please don't let them kill hermann.

There's no doubt. He wanted to flee.

What does it matter? Everything's over.

Think of my poor sister. She's pregnant by hermann.

He collaborated with himmler. He's a traitor.

There's no mercy for traitors. No compassion for them.

He'll be court-martialled and executed.

What's the point of that?

It is my wish.

You're the fiihrer.

Go ahead.

The Russians are advancing more and more.

There are no more reserves. Supplies from the air are impossible.

There is no ammunition coming in anymore.

In the north, the Russians are standing in front of the weidendammer bridge.

In the east, lustgarten. South, potsdamer platz.

West, tiergarten, about 400 metres away from the chancellery.

- How long can you hold out? - At most, two days.

- Including the government area? - Yes.

As a soldier, I suggest we flee Berlin. It's surrounded.

During the fight for Berlin,

we've already lost 15-20,000 of the younger officers.

That's what young people are for.

What you suggest is insane. Ridiculous.

Think of the thousands of wounded. We can't help them.

My fiihrer, the orders have been written. I give you my word...

The fiihrer can't just disappear from history like some inglorious fugitive!

Even if an advance is successful...

I'll end up in another troublesome situation.

I'd have to sleep in the open air or in a farmhouse

or something similar and wait for the end to come.

Wenck is advancing with the 12th army. He can unite with busse's ninth army...

And give the Russians the final blow.

Wenck's an excellent fellow. Send a telegram to keitel.

Immediately report to me the following: First, where are wenck's front lines?

Second, when will they attack again?

Third, where is the ninth army?

Fourth, where will the ninth army break through?

You'll see, gentlemen. I'll be right.

Wenck will come.

Wenck will come.

I want to know if wenck can do anything at all.

It's unlikely that wenck's small amount of troops can attack the red army...

- How dare you say it's unlikely? - Wenck can't do anything anymore.

Then why don't you tell the fiihrer that? Has everybody gone mad?

Do you think the fiihrer doesn't know? He'll never surrender.

And neither will we. I've been through that once. Never again.

Come along. I have to go.

Stop right there.

Heil Hitler!

Excuse me. I fell asleep.

Did you get some rest, my child?

In shorthand.

My political will.

Since 1914, when I invested my modest strength in the first world war,

which was forced upon the reich,

over 30 years have passed.

During those 30 years, I learnt to think, act and live...

Out of love and loyalty for my people.

- Sorry, but the heavy gunfire... - Please sit down.

Centuries will pass...

But from the ruins of our cities and monuments...

Our hatred will be renewed for those who are responsible,

the people to whom we owe all this:

International judaism and its allies.

What is it, herr minister?

Imagine this. The fiihrer wants me to leave Berlin.

He ordered it.

I've never ignored an order from the fi.Ihrer.

But I will ignore this order. I'll stay with the fi.Ihrer.

Please, frau junge...

I want to dictate my will to you.

I'm typing the f'lihrer's will.

I understand. Some other time.

My fiihrer, according to the racial law I'm obliged to ask you:

My fiihrer, are you of pure Aryan descent?

Can I see your identity card?

- You're talking to the fiihrer. - All right then.

And you, fraulein braun, are you of Aryan descent?

Then there's nothing to stop us.

I'm asking you: Do you, my fiihrer, Adolf Hitler

take Eva braun, present here, as your wife? Answer "yes."

Do you, Eva braun, take fiihrer Adolf Hitler, present here,

as your husband? Answer “yes."

Then I declare you man and wife.

Two men here.

Everything will be all right.

- You must go to the f'lihrer right away. - Now?

- How long can we hold out? - Twenty hours, no more.

The Russians are close. At the moment, we forced them to stop.

You know, mohnke... The western democracies are decadent.

They'll succumb to the people from the east.

All the best. Thank you.

It wasn't just for Germany.

A message from keitel.

First, wenck is stuck south of lake schwielow.

Second, the 12th army can't continue the attack on Berlin.

Third, the ninth army is completely surrounded.

What do we do when the last ammunition reserves have been exhausted?

I'll never surrender. Never.

I forbid you to surrender. That goes for every other commander as well.

Listen, giinsche. My wife and I are going to commit suicide.

I don't want my corpse exposed by the Russians.

I don't want them to get me, dead or alive.

I want to be burnt and never to be found.

Giinsche, I want you to promise me...

That you will do all that it takes.

My fiihrer...

This is a terrible order, but I will execute it.

- Kempka. - Erich, I need 200 liters of petrol.

Are you mad? Where should I find them?

From the parked vehicles.

- What's all that petrol for? - I can't say.

Come, please. The fiihrer wants to see us.

Should I tell the fi. Ihrer you're indisposed?

It's only my collapsed lung.

I'll die soon anyway.

Excuse me.

Over here, professor.

One moment, please.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry to interrupt your important work.

My fiihrer, keep faith in the final victory.

Lead us and we shall follow.

Come along.

Join the gang.

Come. Have a drink.

Besides drinking, there's little we can do.

Do sit down.

That's better.

Yes, the situation is pretty shitty.

- Can we sit down? - We are honored, fraulein...

- Frau... - You may call me frau Hitler.

It's all right.

A pity we can't go outside anymore.

Only if you want to die a heroic death.

- Fritz, control yourself a bit. - Yes. Control.

Take cover.

Let's get out of here.

Heil Hitler!

- What are you doing here? - I have to report to the fiihrer.

You can't right now. Sit down.

Sit. Drink.

Let me introduce frau Hitler.

So young and so many medals! You must be proud.

Excuse me. I'm not used to drinking anymore.

You can use our toilet.

If your hand shakes, the bullet might only hit an optic nerve.

That's why it's good to also take the poison.

When you bite through the capsule, pull the trigger.

Will I have enough time?

The poison starts working after one or two seconds.

Tornow, you too.

Come, blondi. You, too.

You know, frau junge, I've known...

My husband for more than 15 years.

But when I think about it, I know nothing about him.

Even though he likes to talk.

I longed for Berlin, but he's so different now.

He only talks about dogs and vegetarian food now.

I hate blondi.

I sometimes kick her and Adolf then wonders why she acts strange.

I think he doesn't want anybody to really know him.

He can be so caring in his private life.

And then he says such brutal things again.

When he's the fiihrer, you mean?

Come, let's smoke another one.

I'm sorry.

You have so many worries and here I am, whining.

Frau junge, I'm giving you this coat as a goodbye present.

I like fashionable ladies. I want you to enjoy it.

What a surprise. Thank you.

I just don't know where and when I can wear it.

Please, try to get out of here.

Promise me.

Thank you. That was very good, fraulein manziarly.

The time has come. It's finished.

The fiihrer wants to say goodbye. Come with me.

You're the bravest mother of the reich.

My fiihrer, you made me the happiest woman in Germany.

Salute my beautiful Bavaria.

Children, what are you doing here?

We want to see aunt Eva and uncle Hitler.

- Have you eaten anything yet? - Only breakfast.

Stay here, I'll get something to eat. I'll be right back.

- Ok? - Ok.

Comrades, this is the latest news from the outside.

Berlin is full of warehouses. There were houses here, there were houses there.

Herr giinsche, I want to speak to the fiihrer.

Please, I have to.

Frau goebbels, the fiihrer doesn't want to be disturbed.

Please, g'linsche, just for a moment.

Please.

My fiihrer, frau goebbels is here.

What is it?

My fiihrer, I beg you, leave Berlin.

Don't leave us, fiihrer. What will become of us?

Tomorrow, I'll be cursed by millions, but that's how it is.

Get up. Come.

Come.

Aunt traudl, I like it when it thunders.

- Why? - Nothing can happen to us here.

-Can it?

Gotcha.

Reichsleiter, it's over.

The fiihrer is dead.

There's daddy.

Are you crazy? For that damned petrol of yours...

Erich, shut up.

Stand back.

Come on, continue.

Continue.

No, don't.

Let grandpa go.

Order. Order. We must have order.

Order has to return.

This way. We know the way. You can trust us.

Hurry.

I took the side of the red beasts.

I supported the bolsheviks.

Let's hope the Russians got our message.

- We'll soon find out. - Or not.

What news do you have, general?

Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide in the bunker.

The new government authorized me...

To start peace talks...

Between our countries, both of which suffered severe losses.

General, if you were me, would you make peace with you?

My government will never accept unconditional surrender.

Given the situation, you have no other choice.

Surrender? Never. That's shameful.

Years ago, I conquered Berlin against the reds,

and I'll defend the city to my dying day.

In the short time I have as chancellor,

I'll never sign a statement of surrender!

- It's for the sake of the people. - The fiihrer's orders are final.

This is crazy. We have to start negotiations.

I repeat, gentlemen, I do not surrender.

- Send a message to marshal zhukov. - Zhukov?

- What's happening? - We're surrendering.

Then I must kill you. The fiihrer forbids any surrender.

- How long does the effect last? - Around four hours.

And a trailer could be seen.

It was pulled by a grey horse and steered by a man.

And they looked out of the windows and locked the front door.

Badger was home and helped them with his sorcery.

Children, the doctor has the medication I told you about.

It's a bit bitter, but it will work.

A sip for everybody.

Who wants to go first?

Heide, you're always so brave?

Have another sip.

See? That wasn't so bad.

Well done. Helmut.

This medication makes sure you don't get I" in this humid bunker.

But it's not humid in the bunker.

Well done.

Helga.

I don't want to.

- What's that? Do you want to get sick? - Please, mama. I don't want to drink it.

Don't cry, baby. That doesn't help.

You have to drink the medicine.

Helga.

Come on, open your mouth.

Papa!

Drink. Drink!

Goodnight, children.

One day the lies will fall apart...

And there will be light in the darkness.

Please read that.

One day the lies will fall apart and there will be light in the darkness.

Let's do it differently. One day the lies will collapse...

And truth will triumph once again.

At that moment, we will stand above everybody...

Pure and...

Immaculate.

- We don't stand a chance. - So what? I want to get away.

How do we get through the lines?

Doesn't matter. I'm not staying another minute.

- We'i| die. - It won't be that bad, surely.

If we stay, the Russians will get us for sure.

All the best.

Come, let's go.

On 30 April 1945, the fiihrer committed suicide.

And in doing so, he deserted everybody who was loyal to him.

You, German soldiers, were loyal to the fiihrer and were prepared...

To continue the battle for Berlin, although ammunition was in short supply...

And further resistance was pointless.

I hereby declare an immediate cease-fire.

Each hour you continue fighting...

Prolongs the suffering of the people of Berlin and of our wounded.

In agreement with the supreme command of the Soviet troops,

I order you to stop fighting immediately.

Weidling, former commander of the Berlin defense area.

A glass of water, please.

I don't need you anymore.

The game's over.

- It's time. - Don't you see what's going on here?

I insist that you help us, as a doctor.

All right, then.

Go. You did a lot. Thank you.

- Schéidle, hurry. Come on. - I'm not going anywhere anymore.

Come along.

- Are you all right? - Keep going.

Sturmmann kriiger and his group defended the wolf bridge...

And he receives the iron cross.

Sturmmann Wagner took out two machine-gun nests...

And therefore receives the iron cross.

Sturmmann rauch has gotten messages through the lines...

And receives the iron cross.

The others are coming.

Take cover, mi.Iller.

Stop. Who's there?

A German.

Herr hewel?

Thank god, you're alive.

Where are the others?

I don't know, frau junge. Somewhere. Maybe.

Most people from my group must be dead.

I should never have left that bunker.

I should have shot myself, but I couldn't.

Eat something first. There's always enough time to die.

Attention!

You stay with the women.

Come along.

- The Russians have surrounded us. - What's going to happen to us?

Maybe you can get through. You could try.

I'm not taking another step.

Think about it. The Russians are after us.

As a woman, you might have a chance. Try it.

Good luck.

When you walk past the Russians, don't look them in the eyes.

Remember that well. All the best.

The Russians.

- Gerda, let's go. - You go.

- I'm exhausted. - Please.

I have to give it a try. Don't be angry with me.

I'll be all right.

Doctor!

My comrades want to surrender. Can I join you?

The fiihrer's dead. Do you want to continue the war on your own?

I'm obliged by my oath.

Then talk to the brigadefiihrer.

- The Russians are evacuating the square. - So?

No opposition. No shooting.

Then they'll be here within the hour.

What shall we do?

- We can't surrender. - What exactly do you mean?

When the Russians come, we'll empty our weapons on them.

- The last bullets are for ourselves. - That's poppycock.

Is this prestigious murder and suicide our only option?

We're ss officers. We can't outlive the fiihrer.

Who else feels that way?

Go on, go on.

Keep moving, go on.

Faster, faster.

- Come and sit down with me? - I'd love to.

- Why do you want to continue living? - And you? Why do you want to die?

The fiihrer gave it to me personally.

- As a last decoration? - Maybe.

A goodbye present from Hitler. I had to promise him something.

If the Russians get me, I have to kill myself.

Hitler made you promise that? But why?

Maybe he didn't want me to be forced...

To say anything bad about him.

But as a diplomat, you're under international protection.

Who will benefit if you stick to your deal?

There they are.

Don't shoot, comrades.

We surrendered. The war is over.

It's over.

All the horror I heard about during the nuremberg trial...

The 6 million Jews, dissidents or people of another race

who died, shocked me deeply.

But I hadn't made the connection with my own past yet.

I reassured myself by thinking I wasn't personally guilty of it.

And that I hadn't known about the sheer size of it.

But one day, I walked past a commemorative plaque...

For Sophie scholl, here in the Franz-Joseph-strasse.

I saw that she was my age

and that she was executed in the year I joined Hitler.

And only then did I realize...

That youth is no excuse.

And that it might have been possible to find out the truth.